15 Toxic Leadership Behaviours That Push Teams Away

This week's episode of Impactful Teamwork delves into the critical topic of toxic leadership behaviours that inadvertently push team members away. Inspired by a comprehensive research article from HR World and Kick Resume, the episode explores 15 detrimental manager behaviors and their impacts on team morale and organisational culture. Highlighting real-world examples and personal experiences, the host emphasizes the need for leadership to evolve from controlling to empowering, promoting trust and psychological safety within the workplace. Key insights include recognising and avoiding behaviours like micromanaging, emotional volatility, favouritism, and undermining team contributions. The episode underscores the importance of self-awareness and continual personal development for leaders, and introduces resources like the Unbridled Teamship roadmap to foster effective and inspiring leadership.00:00 Introduction to Impactful Teamwork00:50 The Importance of Avoiding Negative Leadership Behaviors02:11 Exploring Toxic Leadership Behaviors08:50 The Royal Highness: Narcissistic Leadership09:56 The Mood Swinger: Emotional Instability in Leadership10:57 The Insecure Boss: Fear of Competence12:08 The Big Brother: Micromanagement13:02 The Underminer: Discrediting Others13:45 The Favors: Favoritism in Leadership14:26 The Metrics Man: Obsession with Targets15:03 The Yeller: Authority Through Loudness15:38 The Emo Blackmailer: Emotional Manipulation16:32 The Thief: Taking Credit for Others' Work17:21 The Ghost: Missing in Action17:54 The Conservative: Resistance to Change18:32 The Gossiper: Spreading Rumors19:05 The Meet Me Manager: Meeting Overload19:50 The No Clock Man: Punctuality Issues21:48 Conclusion: Creating a Positive Leadership LegacyConnect with Julia:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTake the IMPACTFUL Teamwork Quiz to assess your team's communication, creativity culture, goal clarity, and conflict resolution skills!Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on Spotify

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This podcast is for you if you’re a business owner, business leader, entrepreneur or executive who knows they want to make a real impact in the world and knows they can’t do it alone. Your host is Julia Felton, a leadership and team engagement specialist provides unique insights into how to harness the energy of your people to create massive business momentum through unlocking the super-power of teamwork. Some of the questions we grapple with are: - You know you need a team to help you but how do you get your team on the same page? - How do you get them pulling in the same direction and not pulling apart? - How do you create a connected, collaborative, cohesive team? In this podcast I will be sharing with you strategies and tactics to help you become the best leader you can be so that you can inspire IMPACTFUL teamwork. Teams that make a real difference. Each podcast will be full of actionable steps you can take and implement immediately. We’ll also be interviewing guests to learn from them what has worked for them and importantly what hasn’t. Rest assured there will also be a good dose of wisdom from the natural world as I believe that nature contains a blueprint for how we can all work together to create engaged, enthusiastic, empowered teams.